"“It’s really on him,” Cube told MTV News. “You
gotta always be in tune with what you sayin’ and who you talkin’ about.
What might be fun and games to you could really, really hurt and affect
somebody else.” Cube, who co-stars in “22 Jump Street”"

“You live and learn,” Cube said with a shrug about Bieber,
20, noting that the singer hangs around with a crew of black people, so
he probably doesn’t have “too many issues.” [Source]

‘I don’t think he’s racist,’ he said. ‘I don’t think he even knows who
he is at this point – he’s so young. When you see people become huge
stars real early, it’s tough for them.’ He added: ‘You have to grow up
with all these expectations. I think Justin’s still a baby and he’s
lost.' [Source]

Usher --Usher said some of these things before the scandal broke--

Usher
refused to comment on the controversy while out in Los Angeles earlier
this week, but he has since opened up about the scandal to editors at
Nylon magazine, saying, "It's unfortunate. I hate some of the things I
hear. Is it all true? I don't know. But I will tell you this: success
comes with a price. Every person that has grown up, grows up with
something. It ain't (sic) just perfect from the beginning."

He continues, "I gave every bit of advice and always told him it was
up to him if he really wanted this (pop career). Now that he has it, as
an adult, it's his to manage. Do I turn my head in shame based off of
what I see, what I know? Nah (sic), I don't because it's all part of
life's process. Am I in it with him? Yeah." [Source]

Russel Brand

The comedian says the controversial singer shouldn't be criticised for
making the racist remarks, because he was a "child" at the time.

The latest video shows Bieber, 20, using the N-word and referencing the
KKK (watch below), and he has apologised for it once again, saying he
wants to take full responsibility for his behaviour.

That comes after another video leaked this week showed the singer making similar racist remarks.

Taking to his YouTube channel The Trews, Russell reads from a newspaper
article with Bieber's apology printed, and says: "It was ages ago when
he used to have that haircut. You can’t do him for stuff he [has] done
when he had that haircut." [Source]

Trey Songz

“It’s incredible. We’ve seen Justin Bieber
grow in the last few years. People have a lot of opinions on how he’s
chosen to live his life in a lot of ways, but one thing we can’t deny is
that musically he’s evolved,” Trey said. “Last year he went out on an
edge and made the world — basically — accept him doing R&B.”

Bieber started as a squeaky clean pop kid, but as he’s grown, he’s
developed an edge to him musically and in his life outside of the booth.
The Biebs is currently in the middle of a controversy after an old
video surfaced of him telling a racially-insensitive joke surfaced
online on Sunday. Justin has since apologized, and Songz wasn’t asked
and didn’t comment on the incident.

As far as the the “Foreign” remix goes, Trey feels that it says a lot
to have a star of JB’s caliber dip into the R&B world. “I think
that’s big for our culture when you have maybe the world’s biggest pop
star, choosing what’s considered to be ‘urban music,’” Songz said,
making a air quote gesture with his hands when speaking the words “urban
music.” [Source]

Lil Wayne, Birdman and the rest of the Young Money Entertainment crew are not abandoning Justin Bieber in the wake of the latest racist video to surface ... telling TMZ that Bieber is still family.

Young Money Prez Mack Maine tells TMZ ... everyone on the label has
interacted with Bieber extensively and there has not been a hint of
racism on Justin's part. Mack Maine says the majority of Justin's crew
is black, and "Bieber does not have a slave mentality. He treats his
people with respect."

Mack Maine says Justin has "legitimately adopted the culture of the hip hop, African American culture."

And Mack Maine says everyone in the Young Money camp believes Bieber's
age at the time he recorded the song is highly relevant. Mack Maine
confessed, "I remember telling a white man, Chinese man, Black man joke
as a kid that was terrible and I told it to my friends because I thought
they'd think it was funny."

Mack Maine says that joke was as offensive as Bieber's, and the difference is simply he didn't get caught.

For all these reasons, Mack Maine says Young Money will continue to work with Bieber. [Source]

Justin Bieber's
ex-bodyguard says the 5-year old video of J.B. telling a joke using the
n-word multiple times does NOT make the singer a racist ... just a bad
joke-teller.

Kenny Hamilton -- Beiber's bodyguard during his rise to fame -- took to
Twitter to defend his former employer ... saying, "We all make jokes
about people's size, look, or race. That doesn't mean it's right but
comedians make millions of dollars profiting off these jokes."

The ex-bodyguard adds, "If someone is racist or prejudice you would
know from a persons actions. Not because of a joke a 15 year old says.
Yes he said some bad jokes and I know if he could he would take back
what was said."

As we previously reported ... sources connected with Bieber say the
singer is "frustrated and sad" about the video being released and will
address it publicly.

"As a black man I am telling the world that @Justinbieber is not a racist." says Kenny. Adding, "I have known him since he was 12 years old and I know his heart."

For what it's worth, we're told the tweet wasn't done at the behest of Scooter or Justin.

Kenny recently took an executive position at Beats Music -- but is still in regular touch with Biebs. [Source]

Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather is going to bat for his friend Justin Bieber
-- saying he still SUPPORTS the pop star despite footage that surfaced
this weekend showing a 15-year-old Bieber saying the N-word while
telling a racist joke.

Floyd -- who's been friends with JB for years -- posted a recent photo
where he's posing with Justin and wrote a pretty strong statement
explaining why he's got Justin's back:

"Justin has been nothing but kind to me, my daughters and sons over the
years," Floyd said ... adding, "We all make mistakes when we are young,
it’s part of growing up"

"I am proud of what he’s doing as a 20 year old musician and business man. #TMT"

Justin has since apologized -- saying, "Five years ago I made a reckless
and immature mistake and I'm grateful to those close to me who helped
me learn those lessons as a young man." [Source]

Whoopi Goldberg

"Canadians words - I'm going to say
the word so get ready to bleep me. N--- doesn't mean anything in
Canada," she said during a recent episode. "Black Canadians and black
Americans are two separate groups of people."

Before the release of the second video, Goldberg said during a taping of The View that Bieber shouldn't be vilified for using the n-word because, as a Canadian, he didn't know better.
Goldberg continued to dig herself a hole through the segment, which
aired on Monday. But her point was that the word didn’t hold the same
power in Canada as it did in the U.S., where slavery was an issue and
racism remains a prevalent and charged topic. [Source]

Chris Brown

Chris and Justin are so close that Breezy even
refers to him as his ‘brother.’ Now Chris is standing by his little bro
after the release of two shocking new videos in which a younger Justin
uses the N-word, according to an insider source. Chris believes the
Biebs may be a lot of things, but one thing he’s NOT is a racist, a
source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.

No stranger to trouble himself, Chris Brown is showing Justin Bieber
some empathy and standing by him in his time of need. A source tells HollywoodLife.com
exclusively that Chris believes the embattled pop star is not at all
racist — he simply made a mistake and he should be forgiven for his
actions.

Chris, 25, knows a thing or two — or three, or even four — about being
under intense media scrutiny. That’s apparently why he can relate to
what Justin, 20, is going through after video tapes surfaced on the web
earlier this week of the Canadian-born singer making racially
insensitive jokes and dropping the N-bomb.

Despite the public backlash, many people in the hip hop community are
giving Justin a pass and saying he means no harm, and Breezy is one of
them, a source tell us.

Breezy just feels Justin made a mistake, a source close to Chris explains to HollywoodLife.com
EXCLUSIVELY. He thinks Justin is a straight-up good dude who means
well, and nothing about him is racist — and most importantly, he still
supports the troubled singer.

We’re sure the Biebs is glad to have someone like Chris in his corner! [Source]

When video footage of Justin Bieber’s offensive racial joke leaked earlier this week the pop star blamed the screw up on his age, explaining that he was only 15 years old at the time. But when a second video leaked, with footage of him replacing “One Less Lonely Girl” song lyrics with the “N-word” Bieber had some more explaining to do.

When asked his thoughts on the uproar over Bieber’s racist joke, the Chicago rapper said that excuses were being made for the pop star, while former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was taken to task for his racially-insensitive comments and feelings about black people attending his basketball games.

“Justin Bieber said it [so] it’s cool, and people are already coming to his defense,” Lupe told MTV News, in disbelief.

“I don’t think anybody should be allowed to profit off racism,” he continued. “Donald Sterling made a billion dollars [when] he sold the team, and there was such an uproar about somebody who didn’t use the N-word at all, but then you have somebody who made a very racist joke about it — I wonder if Justin Bieber’s gonna get the same treatment as Donald Sterling?”

“I don’t think he will,” Lupe said, answering his own question.

“It’s an absurd thing — you get somebody who we ‘like’ who says it, and says it even more‘racist-ier’ and we don’t bat an eyelash at it.”

Migos, who recently collaborated with Bieber on “Looking For You,” had this to say about the controversy:

“It wasn’t a good move to make but he accepted what he did and he don’t use that lingo around us,” they told MTV News. “We ain’t personally see the video anyway we just heard about, but it feels [like it's] in the past and that’s not what we condone.

“We do our music together and we’re good through music. So [we] don’t feel like he’s a racist.”

"Canadians words - I'm going to say
the word so get ready to bleep me. N--- doesn't mean anything in
Canada," she said during a recent episode. "Black Canadians and black
Americans are two separate groups of people."

Before the release of the second video, Goldberg said during a taping of The View that Bieber shouldn't be vilified for using the n-word because, as a Canadian, he didn't know better.
Goldberg continued to dig herself a hole through the segment, which
aired on Monday. But her point was that the word didn’t hold the same
power in Canada as it did in the U.S., where slavery was an issue and
racism remains a prevalent and charged topic. [Source]

?????????? This woman is the true definition of a bipolar mind. She'll say the most insightful thing one day and the most ignorant thing the next. When she gets dumb, she gets soooooooooooooooooooooo dumb, it's painful.

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